CVE-2021-4115 (GCVE-0-2021-4115)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-02-21 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-03 17:16
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Summary
There is a flaw in polkit which can allow an unprivileged user to cause polkit to crash, due to process file descriptor exhaustion. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to availability. NOTE: Polkit process outage duration is tied to the failing process being reaped and a new one being spawned
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a polkitd Affected: 0.117
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